Phrasal Verbs Made Easy PDF Capsule 1
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Today’s verb: Burn
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What is a phrasal verb?
A phrasal verb is a verb followed by a preposition or an adverb; the
combination creates a meaning different from the original verb alone.
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Today's verb: Burn
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Today's phrasal verbs: Burn up, Burn down, Burn away, Burn Off, Burn Out,
etc.
Phrasal Verbs Made Easy PDF Capsule 1: Burn
up... or burn down???
Kevin:
Do you know, yesterday Tom’s house burnt up. Fortunately, all are safe.
Roger:
Thank God, they’re safe! But you should focus more on phrasal verbs
especially for the upcoming aptitude test. Houses don’t burn up, they
burn down.
Kevin:
These phrasal verbs get on my nerves sometimes. What’s the difference
between ‘burn up’ and ‘burn down’?
Roger:
When something burns up, it uses energy
to produce flames. When something
burns down, it is destroyed by fire.
That’s why we use ‘burn up’ to mean ‘to get
angry’. We just use our energy to produce
flames, when we become angry.
Kevin:
But I have read in a newspaper that ‘a satellite is burnt up’. Why is it
so?
Roger:
Maybe to avoid confusion.
Kevin:
To avoid confusion?!
Hmm... The satellite burnt up... The building burnt down...
Ha! The satellite burnt down up in the sky; the house burnt down to the
ground! So, they didn’t want to use ‘down’, ‘up’ and ‘in the sky’. Just ‘burn
up’.
Roger:
Maybe. Phrasal verbs in English can’t always be explained with a single
rule, but there is always some logic behind them.
Kevin:
Hmm! The satellite burnt up in the sky; the house burnt down to the
ground. It won’t be confusing anymore!
Roger:
These are some other phrasal verbs of burn: burn away, burn off, burn out.
Kevin:
Burn out means become exhausted or tired.
Roger:
Yes! It also means to wear out. ‘The light bulb or the fan burnt out’.
Burn away means to remove using heat or fire. Like, ‘they burnt away
weeds’. But, burn off means to disappear because of warmth or
heat. ‘Dew burns off after sunrise’. Here, no one is intentionally removing
the dew. As heat increased, it just vanished.
Kevin:
Okay! Burn away vs. burn off; burn up vs. burn down; burn out! Got them
all, thanks Roger!!!
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